Design by Night

If you have scraps of leather or faux leather around these hair bows are a great way to use them. You could even recycle an old purse or leather accessory that you no longer use. Supplies : 4" x 6" piece of leather or faux leather Sharp scissors X-ACTO knife with new blade White craft glue (I used Aleene's Tacky Glue) 1.5" Alligator Hair Clip Print out the pattern below. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size). Cut pieces out of the leather. Note: I used a fine point Sharpie to trace the pattern on the back of the leather to cut it out On the back side of the bow body, place a dab of glue on one of the ends and fold in to the middle. Repeat with other side and hold in place until glue dries. Take the center wrap with good side down and place the front of the bow on top with the back facing up. Glue each end of the center wrap and wrap it around the center of the bow body. Hold the wrapped ends until the glue dries. ...

Sorry it has been such a long, long time that I have come up with any new tutorials. Lets just say life and family things got busy...but it is a new year and I want to start it off good. What better way to start off then with an easy felt flower tutorial? I love felt and flowers so here we go. Supplies: Hot glue gun 1/8 of a yard felt Scissors Printer Print out the pattern below. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size). Cut the felt so you have 4 of each size petal. NOTE: you can make a larger or smaller flower by increasing or decreasing the number of petals. Starting with one of the small petals, glue a line along the bottom straight edge of the petal. Roll the petal into a tube like shape, this creates the center of your flower. Take another small petal and glue along the bottom, wrap this petal around the first petal roll you just made. Continue gluing petals around the center going from smallest to largest petals on the outside. Play...

Every time I go down the ribbon aisle at the local craft store I am amazed at the variety of cute ribbons they have. Well when I saw this measuring tape ribbon I knew I had to get it and make a flower. This flower pin would be a really cute gift for teacher appreciation day. It is easy to make because it doesn't require and sewing and the ribbon it pretty inexpensive. Supplies Approx 9 ft. of Measuring Tape Ribbon* Scissors Glue Gun Felt 2-small pieces in two different colors Pinking Shears (optional) 1" pin Button for the center *I used a spool of Offray 5/8" ribbon that I purchased at AC Moore. I did a search on the web and there seem to be a lot of ribbon options. I would suggest that you don't use anything wider than .75". Cut a 1.5" circle out of the felt using the pinking shears. If you don't have pinking shears normal scissors work just fine. Using the ribbon, cut twenty to twenty-four 3" strips and five to six 2"...

This zipper flower is easy and quick to make and best yet...no sewing! It would make a great hair accessory, brooch or maybe an adornment to a purse or bag. I will leave the final project decision up to you. But if you do make any of these I would love for you to contact me and send your pictures of what you made the flower into! Plus, if you want to make this with your child but don't want to use hot glue you could totally use fabric glue. It would just take a little longer because you would have to hold the petals until the glue dries. Supplies: 12" of zipper in two colors (24" all together) Scissors Glue Gun Felt Headband Separate the zipper, pulling apart the teeth to make two pieces, you should have four 12" strips of zipper pieces now.  If you bought a packaged zipper, you will have to cut bottom end off of the zipper and remove the sliding “zipper” piece. Out of the felt cut one 1.5" circle. Out of each color cut ONE SET of th...

And the obsession with flowers continues. I don't understand I was such a tom boy as a child and now all I think about are flouncy, flirty, girly, fabric flowers. I blame it on the time a brick was dropped on my head and my mom thought it was hysterical...from tom boy to tutus! Anyway here is another no sew flower. However, this one is a bit trickier because of the light weight of the fabric and the hot glue. So BE CAREFUL not to burn yourself, it if very easy. No one wants hot glue gun burned fingers! Supplies: Hot glue gun Butter Knife (I used a plastic one so I didn't ruin a good one) Small piece of felt Chiffon (about an eighth to a quarter of a yard) Tulle (about an eight of a yard) Medium to large sized decorative shank button Print out the pattern below. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size). Out of the felt cut one 2.5"circle. Using the square, cut 30 pieces of chiffon and 10 pieces of tulle. Take a square of the ...